Dr Jenny du Preez
Senior Manager: Programmes

Jenny Boźena du Preez is the Senior Manager: Programmes of the Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation (CriSHET) at Nelson Mandela University. She has a PhD in Literary Studies in English with a thesis on the representation of queer sexualities and genders in contemporary short fiction by African women. 
 
She is an active member of ACUSAfrica, a network of scholars and practitioners interested in Critical University Studies and other alternative and radical approaches to studying the university. Her research in this area explores the representation of the university in South African fiction and how literature and Literary Studies might offer a ‘disclosing critique’ of the social imaginary of the university. 
 
She is also interested in the representation of gender and sexuality, literature from Africa and the diaspora, women’s writing, and the erotic. She supervises Master's and PhD candidates in Literary Studies across her areas of interest and co-supervises postgraduates across the Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines.

Articles

Jenny Boźena du Preez. 2020. “‘Rediscovering the Erotic as Ordinary’ in South African Women’s Short Fiction.” Journal of Southern African Studies, 46.4: 689-702. DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2020.1792123
Jenny Boźena du Preez. 2017. “Liminality and Alternative Femininity in Sol T. Plaatje’s Mhudi.” English in Africa 44.2:41-63. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/eia.v44i2.2

Chapters

Jenny Boźena du Preez. 2022. “Navigating the spectacular in queer African erotic short fiction.” In: The Short Story in South Africa: Contemporary Trends and Perspectives.” Eds. Rebecca Fasselt and Corinne Sandwith. Routledge.
Jenny Boźena du Preez. 2020. “Women’s solidarity in Sol T. Plaatje’s Mhudi.” In: Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi: History, Criticism, Celebration. Eds. Sabata-mpho Mokae and Brian Willan. Auckland Park: Jacana Media. 171-190.